Andrew
Andrew was given to 4,497 boys in 2025, #73 among boys’ names; 1,334,415 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1.13 million Americans named Andrew and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 24 and 45.
Andrew is the #16 most common first name among living American men and boys, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Andrew by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Andrew mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Andrew is “a male given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the senses “manly” (ἀνδρεῖος) and “man” (ἀνήρ).
From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of André, Andreas, Andrei, and Andrey.
/ˈæn.dɹuː/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Andrew?
#73 among boys’ names, 2025
Andrew fell from #30 in 2015 to #73 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.3 to 2.6 per 1,000.
36,429 babies in 1987, the peak
Andrew peaked in 1987, when 36,429 babies were given it (36,206 boys, #6 among boys’ names). The 4,503 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,497 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 4,791 | #68 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 4,812 | #65 | 2.8 |
| 2022 | 5,168 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 5,623 | #57 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 6,068 | #52 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 6,815 | #46 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 7,315 | #43 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | 8,290 | #40 | 4.5 |
| 2016 | 9,437 | #34 | 5.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10,147 | #30 | 5.3 |
| 2014 | 11,189 | #22 | 5.8 |
| 2013 | 11,684 | #22 | 6.2 |
| 2012 | 12,643 | #18 | 6.7 |
| 2011 | 13,297 | #16 | 7.0 |
| 2010 | 14,269 | #14 | 7.4 |
| 2009 | 14,877 | #16 | 7.5 |
| 2008 | 16,779 | #12 | 8.2 |
| 2007 | 18,461 | #10 | 8.9 |
| 2006 | 19,733 | #7 | 9.6 |
| 2005 | 20,742 | #6 | 10.4 |
| 2004 | 21,717 | #6 | 10.9 |
| 2003 | 22,162 | #5 | 11.2 |
| 2002 | 22,037 | #6 | 11.4 |
| 2001 | 22,422 | #7 | 11.5 |
| 2000 | 23,658 | #7 | 12.0 |
| 1999 | 23,866 | #7 | 12.4 |
| 1998 | 23,664 | #9 | 12.4 |
| 1997 | 25,208 | #7 | 13.4 |
| 1996 | 25,244 | #10 | 13.3 |
| 1995 | 25,860 | #11 | 13.6 |
| 1994 | 26,019 | #10 | 13.5 |
| 1993 | 27,326 | #10 | 13.9 |
| 1992 | 30,542 | #5 | 15.3 |
| 1991 | 31,539 | #5 | 15.6 |
| 1990 | 33,673 | #7 | 16.4 |
| 1989 | 34,817 | #7 | 17.4 |
| 1988 | 35,745 | #5 | 18.7 |
| 1987 | 36,206 | #6 | 19.4 |
| 1986 | 33,858 | #8 | 18.4 |
| 1985 | 30,178 | #11 | 16.3 |
| 1984 | 25,916 | #14 | 14.4 |
| 1983 | 25,559 | #15 | 14.3 |
| 1982 | 22,833 | #17 | 12.6 |
| 1981 | 20,232 | #18 | 11.3 |
| 1980 | 19,730 | #19 | 11.1 |
| 1979 | 18,618 | #20 | 10.8 |
| 1978 | 16,720 | #22 | 10.2 |
| 1977 | 16,017 | #24 | 9.7 |
| 1976 | 13,301 | #27 | 8.5 |
| 1975 | 12,756 | #28 | 8.2 |
| 1974 | 11,778 | #28 | 7.5 |
| 1973 | 10,728 | #29 | 6.9 |
| 1972 | 10,111 | #30 | 6.2 |
| 1971 | 10,911 | #33 | 6.2 |
| 1970 | 11,989 | #32 | 6.5 |
| 1969 | 11,282 | #33 | 6.3 |
| 1968 | 10,563 | #34 | 6.1 |
| 1967 | 9,967 | #35 | 5.7 |
| 1966 | 10,235 | #36 | 5.7 |
| 1965 | 9,673 | #37 | 5.2 |
| 1964 | 10,494 | #37 | 5.3 |
| 1963 | 9,514 | #42 | 4.7 |
| 1962 | 8,697 | #49 | 4.2 |
| 1961 | 8,483 | #52 | 4.0 |
| 1960 | 8,201 | #51 | 3.8 |
| 1959 | 7,089 | #58 | 3.3 |
| 1958 | 7,115 | #55 | 3.4 |
| 1957 | 6,997 | #56 | 3.2 |
| 1956 | 6,603 | #56 | 3.1 |
| 1955 | 6,012 | #66 | 2.9 |
| 1954 | 5,653 | #70 | 2.8 |
| 1953 | 5,626 | #68 | 2.9 |
| 1952 | 5,572 | #68 | 2.9 |
| 1951 | 5,373 | #69 | 2.9 |
| 1950 | 4,932 | #68 | 2.8 |
| 1949 | 4,513 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 1948 | 4,305 | #77 | 2.5 |
| 1947 | 4,346 | #82 | 2.4 |
| 1946 | 3,758 | #84 | 2.3 |
| 1945 | 3,007 | #86 | 2.2 |
| 1944 | 3,056 | #81 | 2.2 |
| 1943 | 3,352 | #79 | 2.3 |
| 1942 | 3,142 | #80 | 2.3 |
| 1941 | 2,708 | #82 | 2.2 |
| 1940 | 2,431 | #84 | 2.1 |
| 1939 | 2,440 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1938 | 2,411 | #82 | 2.2 |
| 1937 | 2,405 | #79 | 2.3 |
| 1936 | 2,276 | #83 | 2.2 |
| 1935 | 2,291 | #85 | 2.2 |
| 1934 | 2,443 | #76 | 2.4 |
| 1933 | 2,344 | #76 | 2.4 |
| 1932 | 2,645 | #69 | 2.5 |
| 1931 | 2,714 | #65 | 2.6 |
| 1930 | 3,056 | #62 | 2.8 |
| 1929 | 3,076 | #59 | 2.9 |
| 1928 | 3,142 | #60 | 2.8 |
| 1927 | 3,437 | #56 | 3.0 |
| 1926 | 3,344 | #59 | 3.0 |
| 1925 | 3,617 | #56 | 3.2 |
| 1924 | 3,744 | #56 | 3.3 |
| 1923 | 3,748 | #53 | 3.4 |
| 1922 | 3,803 | #53 | 3.5 |
| 1921 | 4,015 | #51 | 3.6 |
| 1920 | 4,026 | #49 | 3.8 |
| 1919 | 3,851 | #47 | 3.9 |
| 1918 | 4,138 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1917 | 3,752 | #48 | 4.1 |
| 1916 | 3,723 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1915 | 3,573 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1914 | 2,965 | #44 | 4.5 |
| 1913 | 2,222 | #47 | 4.3 |
| 1912 | 1,946 | #44 | 4.5 |
| 1911 | 1,098 | #42 | 4.9 |
| 1910 | 884 | #42 | 4.6 |
| 1909 | 766 | #38 | 4.7 |
| 1908 | 722 | #39 | 4.7 |
| 1907 | 708 | #40 | 4.8 |
| 1906 | 611 | #41 | 4.6 |
| 1905 | 619 | #40 | 4.7 |
| 1904 | 546 | #43 | 4.3 |
| 1903 | 550 | #42 | 4.6 |
| 1902 | 558 | #42 | 4.5 |
| 1901 | 479 | #40 | 4.5 |
| 1900 | 718 | #37 | 4.8 |
| 1899 | 578 | #36 | 5.4 |
| 1898 | 611 | #38 | 5.0 |
| 1897 | 555 | #36 | 4.9 |
| 1896 | 566 | #37 | 4.7 |
| 1895 | 562 | #37 | 4.8 |
| 1894 | 594 | #35 | 5.1 |
| 1893 | 520 | #40 | 4.6 |
| 1892 | 637 | #32 | 5.2 |
| 1891 | 521 | #33 | 5.1 |
| 1890 | 575 | #34 | 5.2 |
| 1889 | 561 | #33 | 5.1 |
| 1888 | 615 | #33 | 5.1 |
| 1887 | 520 | #33 | 5.1 |
| 1886 | 614 | #29 | 5.5 |
| 1885 | 599 | #30 | 5.6 |
| 1884 | 616 | #29 | 5.4 |
| 1883 | 623 | #24 | 6.0 |
| 1882 | 673 | #24 | 5.9 |
| 1881 | 588 | #24 | 5.8 |
| 1880 | 644 | #24 | 5.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Andrew a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Andrew has been given almost only to boys: 4,961 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Andrew: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Andrew, and how old are they?
1.13 million alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 1,334,415 Americans ever recorded as Andrew. The median Andrew alive today is 35 years old; half are between 24 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 1,075,513 people named Andrew (1,531 women and girls, 1,073,982 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,131,670 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 9,750 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 85,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 183,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 444,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 310,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 95,200 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Andrew born?
The states with the most babies named Andrew are California, Texas and Florida, with 30% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 534 | #68 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 515 | #75 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 300 | #67 | 0.8× |
| New York | 218 | #82 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 191 | #59 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 174 | #61 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 154 | #74 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 148 | #70 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 142 | #64 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 136 | #62 | 1.1× |
Where Andrew is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Andrew is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Andrew with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 1,334,984 babies since 1880, Andrew is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 4,503 of their 4,503 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Andrew
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Andrew and names like it
- Compare Andrew and AndruwBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sAndrew peaked in 1987.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Andrew since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Andrew: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1987The year the most babies were named Andrew.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Andrew alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with AMost given first.